[VIDEO] New Zealand strongly placed on 286/3 at Stumps on Day 2 of the 2nd Test against Pakistan

[JibranAnsari]

yes hes here

 

[Titan24]

What did he say? I saw Hasan Ali limping off yesterday so I still doubt his fitness

Pakistan fast bowling is just awful at the moment. We need spinning tracks against RSA to gain confidence

Possibly some sort of cramp as he was the one who bowled the last over to end the 2nd day.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Astaghfirullah

Why not Zafar, why Shan??

bro he is gonna take our nichols

 

[hur rizvi]

Sohail would have been much better option for this test TBH

 

[kingusama92]

Masood over Zafar?

 

[Rana]

Rizwan seems to be a bit of a...

What’s the logic in not bowling Zafar?

 

[moghul]

Rizwan does not want to come to the wickets even with Shaan bowling ??

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Did Rizwan forget Gohar is in the team ?

 

[hur rizvi]

Sensing a huge parnership here

 

[Ozeirk]

Rizwan seems to be a bit of a...

What’s the logic in not bowling Zafar?

The pitch apparently hasn't been kind to spinners in the past but agree need to try him out.

 

[Rana]

This is shocking man. Use the spinner

 

[Kroll]

Zafar is the X-factor, Riz just waiting for the perfect time to unleash his prize asset.

 

[Buffet]

Ah, need to take a wicket here. If these are allowed to add 40-50 runs then NZ will take lead.

 

[Baigel]

Yo. I honestly think Rizwan forgot Zafar is in the team

 

[Rana]

What a pathetic over. 7 runs

 

[Titan24]

Steyn played 4 FC matches and Rabada 8 matches


You are missing the point. Even Vinay Kumar has tons of FC wickets but that doesn't mean he will match the SKILLSET of Steyn and Rabada. I'm talking abouts skills. I doubt with this pace and lack of movement, don't think he will trouble domestic batsmen unless he improves

His biggest worry should be to regain that pace through proper coaching

Steyn played 7 I think but, I get your point.

 

[moghul]

Hope they're not inventing another reason to keep Shaan in the team, his bowling.

 

[Rana]

If Yasir Shah was playing he would have bowled 5 overs in this game already

 

[hur rizvi]

Shan is not even part time level

 

[imshally81]

Zafar on... Finally

 

[Titan24]

Zafar needs to make his presence felt to the captain here

 

[qaiser]

What is Ajju Bhai doing in Gully
He is shaking his hand every time ball comes to him
Fawad should replace him

 

[shah_1]

Our bowling is so toothless. One bowler can't do everything

Same thing happened in the first test match as well. Just survive Shaheen and it is all too easy then

 

[D/DAhmed]

The pitch apparently hasn't been kind to spinners in the past but agree need to try him out.

So then why pick the spinner? Seems to me like orders have come in from above to play Shan as an all rounder. Sadly even then he averages less than most of his competitors.

 

[JaDed]

Wanted to bring him from the other end, some posters are so judgy here

 

[MMHS]

PAK needs to bring Gohar, otherwise four pacers will get tiered and if one of these two can stay longer, Kiwi tail will cash on

 

[imshally81]

Not a very impressive over by Gohar

 

[hur rizvi]

KW is a master player of spin. Not much for Zafar here

 

[hur rizvi]

Take shan off please

 

[Titan24]

Good debut over. Almost got Williamson

 

[moghul]

Not a bad first over by Zafar

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Why not try azhar ali here as well.

 

[imshally81]

Take shan off please

Harris or Fawad are better options

 

[Rana]

Pakistan throwing the game here was

 

[BigShak]

Looks like they’re more worried about over rate than getting a wicket.

 

[hur rizvi]

Sahn

 

[D/DAhmed]

Not a very impressive over by Gohar

Not much else he could have done. A spinner shouldn’t have been played on this pitch. As someone said, Gohar has been sentenced to the chopping block to save Yasir’s career.

 

[moghul]

Bouncer at 114 kmh pace

 

[Darkrai]

easy runs

 

[Rana]

Dumb moves

 

[Titan24]

Shan cooking some great pies here and serving them on a platter

 

[hur rizvi]

Match is slipping away. 400-450 looks possible now

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Match is slipping away. 400-450 looks possible now

*

 

[hur rizvi]

That should last over of Shan's cricketing career

 

[Rana]

Shan cooking some great pies here and serving them on a platter

He’s a club level cricketer tbh

 

[imshally81]

Good debut over. Almost got Williamson

Where.

 

[Savak]

Williamson gets you into a trap of a long period of boring attrition and silence but then surprises you with a flurry of boundaries and positive stroke play, rotation of strike and gets back the initiative from the opposition in no time

 

[Rana]

Zafar don’t spin the ball either?

 

[Titan24]

Shan has been pretty ordinary in all the facets till now

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Dumb move to keep bowling Shaan and Zafar from both ends. Need one pacer on at all times. This is poor captaincy. NZ is running away with the game here.

 

[hur rizvi]

EAsy singles offered to KW

 

[Rana]

We can’t spin the ball. We can’t swing the ball.

 

[Titan24]

Where. ������

Last shot over the head of Shaheen wasnt controlled

 

[Buffet]

Part-timer is leaking too many runs.

 

[Savak]

Inability of Nasim Shah to deliver as the x factor has hurt us badly in this series

 

[Rana]

BBQ Sohail in

 

[hur rizvi]

Zafar seems to have decent control. Not the pitch to judge spinner

 

[Titan24]

Not sure why Rizwan has put in fielder on long on

 

[JibranAnsari]

sonrizwan has decided that its over

 

[D/DAhmed]

Never before have I seen someone put in a match losing performance in all 3 facets of the game. Unsurprisingly though, it’s the same individual who as far as I know has the lowest average for a specialist Pakistani batsman to have played 40+ Test innings.

 

[hur rizvi]

WTH is Rizwan smoking. Such easy passage being given before tea

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Williamson is smart guy, he is cashing in on Rizwan's dumb move to bring on Shaan. He released all pressure.

 

[Rana]

Let them off the hook

 

[JibranAnsari]

Zafar seems to have decent control. Not the pitch to judge spinner

or not a pitch to play spinner at all

 

[MMHS]

[MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION], Shan is like 6’3”.... second tallest player in this PAK team by some inches ..... on this track, suddenly became too liberal; what could be the reason? Trying too hard and striving for pace & bounce? Is he still too short (& too old) for SENA?

 

[Titan24]

Haris averages 22 with ball and has 13 test wickets

 

[BigShak]

What bakwaas from Rizwan. Released all the pressure

 

[moghul]

Rizwan is trying to decompress whatever pressure they had on the batsmen.

 

[Zeshan547]

That no ball out was our moment, another what if like so many, we deserve what we are getting, there is no coming back now, pathetic mistake at this level when you know with third umpire checking you are never getting away with it. Wasted all their good work.

 

[Justcrazy]

74 runs partnership so far.

 

[JibranAnsari]

400 on.

 

[hur rizvi]

NZ on top

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Ok time for sleep see u all tomorrow.

 

[BigShak]

Yep, time to go to bed. Going to be a long last session.

 

[Usman]

That no ball out was our moment, another what if like so many, we deserve what we are getting, there is no coming back now, pathetic mistake at this level when you know with third umpire checking you are never getting away with it. Wasted all their good work.

We seem to have these what if moments a lot. You make your own luck in this game and it is our own indispline that once again has cost us.

The match is now fast slipping away. A key, key moment.

 

[hitthestump]

Inability of Nasim Shah to deliver as the x factor has hurt us badly in this series

The momentum of this innings shifted when Abbas and Shaheen were replaced by Naseem and Faheem shortly after the no-ball wicket.

We were on the front foot at that point and the introduction of Naseem was a huge pressure release.

If he's picked for SA it'll be fairly ridiculous.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

If NZ wins tea session, we are done.

 

[sarwar707]

That no ball out was our moment, another what if like so many, we deserve what we are getting, there is no coming back now, pathetic mistake at this level when you know with third umpire checking you are never getting away with it. Wasted all their good work.

You have absolutely nailed it

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

Only themselves to blsme, kane aversged 25 in this wicket..

That no bowl did it..

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

19 extras already